Splinter Cell: Blacklist trailer exercises its freedoms

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, showing Sam Fisher

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After a short foray into vigilantism, Sam Fisher's next game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, appears to reference a lot of familiar territory. So we see more of his iconic night-vision goggles, the support of a large government agency, and now, references to his "fifth freedom."

In the story, this means he can protect people's freedom by any means necessary. In practice, those means usually involve killing lots and lots of people. So not surprisingly, the gameplay segments we do see in the new trailer involve Sam doing what he does best. The game is due next year.

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    September 25, 2012 3:00 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Splinter Cell: Blacklist trailer exercises its freedoms.

    Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, showing Sam Fisher

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      September 25, 2012 3:24 PM

      Just saw that the main villain is the guy who played Morris in 24. Awesome.

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        September 25, 2012 3:28 PM

        Still not sure how I feel about Ironside not voicing Fisher. Guess we'll have to see. Kinda why I can't get into any batman shows that aren't voiced by Kevin Conroy.

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      September 25, 2012 3:30 PM

      looking forward to this

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      September 25, 2012 3:50 PM

      I like old Sam Fisher.

      This new Sam Fisher is spry and spritely.

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      September 25, 2012 3:50 PM

      I like old Sam Fisher.

      This new Sam Fisher is spry and spritely.

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      September 25, 2012 3:56 PM

      Too bad it's Ubisoft.

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        September 26, 2012 2:17 AM

        You realize that the always-on DRM is dead and gone, right? Or are you holding a grudge?

        I'm always amazed how many PC gamers make their decisions not based on reason, but on who's offended them or bruised their egos.

        They're freaking video game companies. There's no reason to be so emotional.

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          September 26, 2012 2:41 AM

          I'm still hurt, deep inside.

          They also said 95% of PC gamers are thieves, so... yeah. I plan to hold a grudge for some time. I'm helped by the fact that I was never interested in most of their franchises anyway.

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            September 26, 2012 2:55 AM

            I'm so tired of how every time a company so much as acknowledges the existence of piracy, the Butthurt Brigades get all bent out of shape.

            You don't pirate? Good. Neither do I. But an awful lot of PC gamers pirate frequently, and the fact that PC gamers hate to hear about it doesn't actually make it any less true.

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              September 26, 2012 3:01 AM

              Pretty much true, though there's bad apples on both sides of the fence here. It seems like the only people who are willing to discuss piracy online are ones with somewhat extremist views on things. It's either "piracy killed everything and is responsible for every bad thing in gaming, DRM is fine and always worked fine for me!" or pretty much the polar opposite.

              That said, the always-online DRM stuff for SP games was really, really lame. I don't think anyone's "in the wrong" for being opposed to such things, be that in the form of complaining about it online, or not purchasing the product/future products.

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                September 26, 2012 3:21 AM

                I agree with everything you said. I know I can come across as the extreme type but it's not really true. Ubisoft would never have backed away from always-on if people hadn't complained so bitterly. Feedback is essential.

                And I understand not buying a company's product if you don't like the conditions that come with it. What I think is just silly though, is making decisions based on a "grudge".

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              September 26, 2012 4:32 AM

              I am yet to see any facts about piracy rate of Ubisoft games on PC.

              Worth reading:
              http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/05/ubisoft-drm-piracy-interview/

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          September 26, 2012 7:35 AM

          Thats not really my issue, They just suck at life in general.

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      September 25, 2012 5:42 PM

      Deus Ex Human Revolution was a better Splinter Cell game than anything Ubisoft gave us after Chaos Theory.

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        September 26, 2012 9:20 AM

        I enjoyed Double Agent and Conviction, but you're right on both counts - Chaos Theory was probably the last great Splinter Cell game, and Deus Ex: HR was PHENOMENAL. I remember thinking the same thing when playing it, "Ubisoft could learn a thing or two from this game..."

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      September 25, 2012 6:07 PM

      I remember a time when I cared. Just bankrupt already Ubisoft, you are no longer wanted.

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        September 25, 2012 6:59 PM

        ROFL you are a RETARD!

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        September 26, 2012 9:22 AM

        I've enjoyed Ubisoft games for a long time, though I do think the quality has dropped a bit. Though for anyone who thinks they should go away entirely, I have three words: I AM ALIVE

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          September 27, 2012 12:21 AM

          You mean that game that got universally bad reviews?

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      September 25, 2012 10:46 PM

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      September 25, 2012 11:58 PM

      I didn't have a problem with the previous game at all. In fact, I felt it was the best SC in a while. Sure enough, the emphasis was a bit more on the action and the game didn't force you to stealth much, but the thing is, I still sneaked around a whole lot, because I wanted to, and it worked. There were very few points at which the game forced me to "shoot it up". And when I decided it was time for the direct approach, it was cool as well compared to the older games.

      It felt like playing a modern SC game with more options, and I'm looking forward to this one. Too bad it's Ubisoft, I'm curious to see what kind of DRM one can look forward to this time.

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        September 26, 2012 12:00 AM

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          September 26, 2012 12:09 AM

          I used melee takedown hell of a lot, and quite frankly I don't even understand what you mean. The stealth aspects were great for me. My take is that it was most definitely a SC game, just with a different touch, which I felt the series needed anyway after so many games with the same formula. This coming from a guy who owns all the previous games, most of them for 2 platforms, so I'm a pretty big fan.

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